This command, for example, will print FILE_2 and FILE_8 but not FILE_A or FILE_B.
Printing Files Using the Print Menu
In addition to the PRF command, you can print files using the print menu interface shown in Figure 7-1. This menu allows you to specify print arguments and select various options without having to type them on the command line. The print menu interface is useful when you routinely specify several print options for each file you print. By using the menu interface, you can select all of the options once, and print several files without respecifying the options for each file you print.
Figure 7-1. The Print Menu
To print files using the print menu interface, specify the PRFD (PRINT_FILE_DIALOG) command as follows:
$ PRFD
As shown in Figure 7-1, the PRFD command creates a special win-dow pane at the top of the Shell process winwin-dow displaying the print.
menu. The print menu is in control until you either print the file by selecting Print, quit the menu by selecting Quit, or select one of the
commands submenu items (we'll learn more about the commands submenu later in this section.)
To use the print menu, move the arrow cursor to the menu item you want to select; the system highlights the item name in reverse video.
To select the item, press either the <F 1> key, the space bar, or if you are using a mouse, the left mouse button (M1). (Hereafter, we use the term select key to refer to any of these keys.) You can also dis-play help information about an item by moving the cursor over the item and pressing <HELP>.
To specify any of the File type: items (text, bitmap, or transparent), move the cursor over the item name. Once the item is highlighted, use the select key to select it, and a checkmark will ap-pear as shown below:
File type - -> text D transparent
For items that require you to type in specific information, such as File to print:, printer:, and #copies:, a small, triangular cursor ap-pears in the item field. For example, to specify the pathname of the file you want to type, move the cursor to the line next to File to print: and press the select key. When the triangular cursor appears, type in the pathname as follows:
When you finish typing in the file's pathname, press <RETURN> and move to another item.
The items along the top row of the menu, and the profile and commands items on the bottom row, display submenus when you select them. These submenus allow you to select or specify addi-tional print information. Use the submenu in the same way you use the main menu: either select an item, or type in the requested infor-mation. When you finish with a submenu, move the arrow cursor out of the submenu box, and it will close.
For example, when you select the commands item, the submenu shown in Figure 7-2 appears.
commands submenu
Figure 7-2. Print "Commands" Submenu
The commands submenu is very useful, because it allows you to per-form specific operations outside of the print menu. For example, to return control to the Shell without quiting the print menu, you can select the shell submenu item. Table 7-3 describes the function of each item in the commands submenu.
When you're satisfied with the selections you've made in the print menu, you can print the file by selecting Print. After you print a file, the menu maintains control and remains on the screen, enabling you to print additional files. The print menu remembers all of the sub-menu selections you've made for the previous file. To print another file using the same selections, specify a new file on the line next to File to print: and select Print. To exit the menu interface, select Quit.
Most of the selections in the print menu perform the same print functions as options on the command line. For more information on a specific menu or submenu item, refer to the description of its re-lated PRF command option in the DOMAIN System Command Reference. Remember, you can get help information for any item by moving the cursor over the item and pressing the <HELP> key.
Table 7-3. Print "Commands" Submenu Items
Description
Returns control to the Shell. When you select shell, the dollar sign prompt appears in the Shell input window. To return control to the print menu again, type CTRL/Z.
Changes the current working directory to the specified directory. When you select wdir, a prompt appears in the Shell input window requesting a directory pathname. If you type <RETURN> without specifying a pathname, the system displays the current working directory.
Reads the queue directory and list the entries with the printer name specified by the printer item. If no printer name is specified, the system lists all entires in the queue.
Deletes the specified file from the queue.
When you select cancel a prompt appears in the Shell input window requesting the name of the file. If you type <RETURN>
without specifying a filename, the system deletes the last file you queued.